LAST SLIDE DECK QUEEN (read cathy thing)

Question 1

SORTING PEOPLE

Answer 1

Giving opportunities to some, denying them to
others

“O’Neil began to understand her work in data
science as about sorting people” –> slide

Question 2

CRITICAL DECISION JUNCTURES

Answer 2

bureaucratic decisions that others
make about you
“Algorithms are used at critical decision
junctures”

Question 3

Allocative harm of algorithms

Answer 3

When algorithms are used to make a decision about opportunities or resources, but unfairly or erroneously deny them to a certain group
- COMPAS risk assessment algorithm used in criminal sentencing

Question 4

disparate impact

Answer 4

unintended discrimination
whether decision-making processes are fair

example: COMPAS produces disparate impact by relying on historical training data

Question 5

examples of authority of inscrutable

Answer 5

Israni article: “When an algorithm sends you to
prison”

Question 6

Representational harm

Answer 6

When algorithms reinforce subordination of a group
○ negative stereotyping
○ misrecognition
○ under-representation